Michael Gove claims he received sack from Theresa May because he wasn’t a ‘blonde‘

Former cabinet minister jokes that golden-haired ministers given more of a chance in new government

BY HARRY COLE, Westminster Correspondent

20th July 2016, 2:17 am

Updated: 20th July 2016, 2:17 am

Michael Gove joked last night that he was sacked by Theresa May because he was not a “blonde”.

Speaking out about Boris Johnson for the first time since he was booted out of the Cabinet for disloyalty, Mr Gove told the Commons: “Blondness is clearly a quality that brings preferment under this government.”

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Addressing Boris’s brother Jo — who is also a blonde government minister — Mr Gove joked that Justine Greening “the new Secretary of State for Education is slightly less blonde than the Minister of State.”

He added: “Blondness is clearly a quality that brings preferment under this government and I know where I went wrong…”